Re: disabling esc as prefix

bulia byak writes:
 > Could anyone suggest how I could disable ESC from being 
 > a prefix? I tried unsetting it or deleting esc-map but 
 > this does not work. I want ESC to be a regular key that 
 > I can bind some function to. But of course I don't want
 > to lose my M-key bindings too, i.e. I want Meta to work
 > as before.
 > 
 > Is this possible in lisp at all? Or only by patching the
 > XEmacs source? If so, could anyone suggest a patch or 
 > at least give some ideas? 

You don't want to do this...... but here is how it is done:

    (setq meta-prefix-char -1)

Now you can set the ESC key to anything you want, for example:

    (global-set-key "\^[" 'forward-char)

The Meta key will work as before.

WARNING: This *will* cause you grief. For example, in a console based
XEmacs, cursor keys will not work (they contain an ESC).

Cheers,
   Sean MacLennan
   http://xemacs.seanm.ca/